I can think of three ways of passing data to PHP:
  1. Call it as a real CGI, using LWP to connect to your web server
  2. Emulate the CGI environment by setting variables such as $ENV{REQUEST_METHOD} and $ENV{QUERY_STRING}. The problem is that PHP is usually compiled in a way that disallows this for security reasons.
  3. Create the PHP script on the fly, including the data there. A simple example would be this: 

    # multiply $x by $y using php
use IPC::Open2;

my $x = 5;
my $y = 7;
my $php = "<? echo $x * $y ?>";

my ($r, $w);
my $pid = open2($r, $w, 'php -q');                                  

print $w $php;
close $w;
my $result = <$r>;
print "$x * $y = $result\n";

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In reply to Re^3: Running PHP by itub
in thread Running PHP by MonkPaul

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